Churches Offers Summer Camps, Grief Programs

By VALERIE HERSCH - RELIGION

June 28, 1996|By VALERIE HERSCH and Special to the Sun-Sentinel

Crossroads Baptist Church near Weston aims to make Fridays fantastic for kids and teenagers during a special summer program that is being held on Friday afternoons at Oscar Wind Park, 200 N. New River Circle.

The program, which runs through July 12, will feature Bible stories, games, music and snacks at the Sunrise park. Organizers say if response and weather is amenable, the program could be extended further into the summer.

For information, call the church at 389-5700. Crossroads Baptist Church's office is at 418 Lakeside Circle in Sunrise. Services are held in a movie theater complex in the Indian Trace Plaza at 1338 SW 160th Ave. in the Weston area.

The Wellspring Experience, a live-in weekend for those who want to deal with unresolved feelings of loss, will be offered locally on three separate weekends between today and next spring.

The program targets primarily those who have experienced a significant loss, separation, divorce, death or broken relationship. It features talks by people experienced in the grieving process - anger, aloneness, forgiveness and spiritual growth. The program focuses on sharing experiences and feelings in small groups, and includes a celebration of the Sunday eucharist.

The first of the three weekends scheduled for the Wellspring Experience will take place begining at 7 p.m. today continuing through 4 p.m. Sunday at Saint Bartholomew Sacred Heart Center in Miramar.

The cost is $50 per person, and includes lodging, meals and materials. Grants are available. For more information or to make future reservations, call Tomi Peace at 434-7620, or Bill Murphy at 454-4064. Space is limited. Additional Wellspring weekends will be offered Oct. 11 through 13, 1996, and March 7 through 9, 1997.

A limited number of spaces are available for enrollment, which is open to the community. Call Ellin Heilig or Rayna Engle at 431-5118for registration information.

The temple, at 9730 Stirling Rd. in Cooper City, also has begun accepting registration for its religious school and early childhood learning center programs. For information about Beth Ahm's religious school, call Barbara Fellner at 431-6598. To inquire about the temple's early childhood learning center, call Ellin Heilig at 431-5118.